Articles tagged with "del piero"
Previews: Sampdoria-Juventus and words on Tiago and Amauri
By alessio | May 16th, 2008Well, Juventini and anti-Juventini, (is there anything else?) it's come down to the last day of the season, sadly enough. Now starts the boring summer months of transfers and pointless friendlies. (Anyone know if a Serie A team is touring America ...
Previews: Sampdoria-Juventus and words on Tiago and Amauri
By alessio | May 16th, 2008Well, Juventini and anti-Juventini, (is there anything else?) it's come down to the last day of the season, sadly enough. Now starts the boring summer months of transfers and pointless friendlies. (Anyone know if a Serie A team is touring America ...
Daily Dose: 5.10.08
By Ian Rose | May 10th, 2008Some things to read while you're being sacked over a donut hole: We're down with ADP (Del Piero Offside) Just another 2-goal, 9-man comeback (The Beautiful Game) Does Poland have the nastiest derby? (Pitch Invasion) Ben Olsen, the working man ...
Nazionale News
By Francesco | May 7th, 2008Cassano and Del Piero can still hope for call-ups to Euro 2008. Why? Because players going to Euro 2008 need an anti-tick vaccine (haven't they ever heard of bug spray?), so the FIGC has contacted the clubs of 48 players that Donadoni has on his ...
Juventus Lookalikes- Our New Secret Squad
By alessio | May 5th, 2008Brief comment on Siena-Juve. Well, that sucked. But since it seems pretty certain that Empoli is going down, we need a farm team for next year, right? Let's hope they can do better than they did with Molinaro. I mean, c'mon Secco, this isn't tough. L ...
Juventus Lookalikes- Our New Secret Squad
By alessio | May 5th, 2008Brief comment on Siena-Juve. Well, that sucked. But since it seems pretty certain that Empoli is going down, we need a farm team for next year, right? Let's hope they can do better than they did with Molinaro. I mean, c'mon Secco, this isn't tough. L ...
If Del Piero goes to Euro 2008, he'll equal a record
By Francesco | May 1st, 2008Interesting article today from goal.com. It says that if Alex Del Piero's name is on Donadoni's 23 man final roster this May, he will equal a record. What is this record? The number of final tournaments played by an Italian player. Of course, it' ...
Cars of the Stars: Which Autos do Rich Footballers Drive?
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008According to Forbes.com, the average EPL player made $2.2 million last year. And what did he spend it on? Expensive toys. And it's not just the EPL guys, either. Highly-paid players all over are coughing up cash for the grownup versions of ...
LiveBlog: Juventus v. Lazio
By alessio | April 26th, 2008After my 2nd attempt to write a preview for the game failed, I said screw it, I'll live blog it. Check out Salvatore's preview over at the Lazio Offside. My favorite bar is closing tonight so I may still be buzzed. It's early but hope to see you t ...
Transfer Market Musings- I swear to God this will not become a regular thing
By alessio | April 22nd, 2008After missing yet another live Juventus game this weekend due to court-mandated university-mandated community service (Thank god it was the last one) I am finally back. And I know there is nothing worse than someone constantly spouting market bullsh ...
Juventus v. AC Milan....the real Derby d'Italia
By alessio | April 11th, 2008I was hoping to be liveblogging the game with all of you, but unfortunately to fulfill a public service requirement for university I'm going to be in the middle of bum-fuck bayou country Louisiana from 7am-10pm. I was terrified to see that at normal ...
Del Piero Gets Euros Call Up In Sticker Form
By chris | April 9th, 2008The Italian company Panini puts out stickers books or albums for the children when the big tournaments come rolling around. Each team participating gets its own album, and each player has a sticker representing them, which can then be placed in the b ...
Palermo v. Juventus LiveBlog
By alessio | April 5th, 2008Welcome to TheOffside's liveblog of the Palermo-Juventus game, week 32. Palermo have lost 4-in-a-row and Juve is in relative good form. Looks like Nocerino is filling in for Zanetti in the center. Morganti is our ref today. Make your own conclus ...
Palermo v. Juventus: Colantuono's Last Chance, Really This Time... I Swear
By roberto | April 3rd, 2008Tifosi Rosaneri don't tell me, let me guess. Colantuono's got some secret plan to beat us come Sunday. I mean, that's the reason why Zamparini hired him again, right? Well it's either that, or he persuaded your president for another chance afte ...
Juventus v. Serie A: Can we still win the scudetto?
By alessio | March 30th, 2008For those living under a rock, last weekend Juventus blew the Scudetto race wide-open with a beautiful 2-1 win over archrivals Inter. If anything, 2-1 flattered Inter....Del Boy was in phenomenal form but just wasn't finishing well. The question now ...
Ten Things We Learned From Serie A This Weekend
By chris | March 25th, 2008Reggina Calcio needs better goal celebrations. As you can see above. Franco Brienza could be the surprise recall of the Euros. The little man did pretty alright playing with Luca Toni on the island a few years back, and he's looking li ...
Ten Things We Learned From Serie A This Weekend
By chris | March 25th, 2008Reggina Calcio needs better goal celebrations. As you can see to the left. Franco Brienza could be the surprise recall of the Euros. The little man did pretty alright playing with Luca Toni on the island a few years back, and he's looking like
10 Things We Learned From Serie A This Weekend
By chris | March 3rd, 2008The Sans-Mutu Viola Are Just Fine You know, just in case a huge offer for Mutu swoops in this summer and it like quadruples his wages and la Viola can't possibly refuse that much money. But that would never happen, no siree. In case the purple-taint
Awaiting the Austrian Swisses, Italia vs Portugal Preview
By Marco | February 5th, 2008* Free Azzurrini fix right here Italia - Portogallo It’s international soccer time again! Italy will be facing Portugal in Zurich on Wednesday. It’ll be their first match since 2004. Both teams have qualified for the Swissaustrian Euro2008
Fuck, A Review Without Many Words.
By roberto | February 5th, 2008Hit the showers Belardi, Buffon's back! (no pun intended) He's no where near exceptional, but at least Saliham's consistent. Lego had a game to forget. Make the next a game to remember! Grygera getting arrested for being dumb. WTF?
Juve – Livorno, Lunedì Leftovers
By Marco | January 28th, 2008The Livorno Amaranto Liberation Army didn’t look Serie B-esqe this time out , but a mix of bad offside traps, a dash of David Trezeguet talent, a sending off, and lack of luck was too much to see Livorno snatch some points from the Zebras of the North
Livorno vs a Team from Torino that isn't Torino
By Marco | January 25th, 2008* Maybe you've seen this image 420 times now, but i kind of like it, I'm sure Roberto LOVES it! Rubentus, i mean Juventus is coming to town! The northern Zebras are coming to the Picchi on Sunday, for once they'll feel right at home playing in a stadiu
Coppa Italia Quaters, Plus Goodbye Tiago - Hello Sissoko!
By roberto | January 25th, 2008Fielding a starting eleven for this one was no easy task. Yet, you just knew with the atmosphere being what it has always been when these two teams get together, those who got the nod for either squad would be playing some spirited football. Or at least t
A Photo Tribute To Gianni Agnelli; The Greatest Juventino That Ever Lived
By roberto | January 25th, 2008Five years ago yesterday, L'avvocato passed away. His name was Gianni Agnelli and his legacy, within the hearts of every Bianconeri, will never die. With his family taking over the club in 1923, Gianni will forever be remembered as having steered his belo
Sampdoria Preview Plus: What The Shit Is Going On?
By roberto | January 18th, 2008Ranieri isn't a happy camper and well, neither are we. Us tifosi Bianconeri have in the last week seen some pretty distressing stuff. For starters, we witnessed a painfully submissive performance against Catania as our side ultimately seemed deserving of
Catania v Juventus: Preview
By roberto | January 11th, 2008I Bianconeri return to the second half of their Scudetto race this Saturday as they square off against Catania at the Stadio Massimino in Sicily. A trip that won't see them travel too far as Juventus wrapped up their winter vacation, i mean camp, in Malta
Giant News Roundup As Global Warming Really Kicks In
By Martha | January 8th, 2008•Holy crap, Alberto Aquilani made it through a match! Quick, wrap him and cotton wool and put him away until the weekend. •As Jeremy reported this morning, Cagliari are doing their level best to convince themselves (and anyone else who cares) that
YouTube Tuesday: Azzurri Thespians
By Martha | January 8th, 2008[link] It's been a while since we've had a YouTube Tuesday, but BundesligaJan dug up this clip, and it's more than worthy of being featured. It's the trailer for a movie called L'Allenatore nel pallone 2, which has something to do with the Italian fo
Lazio 2 - Juventus 3: No Time To Nap, There's Much To Be Done
By roberto | December 17th, 2007Despite being as talented as any goalkeeper who has come before him, El Grande Gigi unfortunately had no time for beauty sleep in the game against Lazio last Saturday. Coming fresh off of a dissapointing Champions League loss, the Biancocelesti peppered t
Week 16: Inter Slip Further Away As Cassano Weeps
By Martha | December 17th, 2007Despite playing like utter crap for an hour, Inter managed a win against the worst club in the league, and increased their lead at the top of the table. They're seven clear of Roma, who apparently played ever worse that Inter did yesterday, and eight abov
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